An experiment was carried out at Vegetable Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, HP during Kharif season of 2011 to investigate the fruit yield and yield attributes of bell pepper cv Solan Bharpur as influenced by planting time and spacing. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design factorial comprising of 24 treatment combinations of different planting time and spacing. The results of the experiment showed that maturity, growth, fruit yield and yield components significantly varied with variation of planting time and spacing. Among all the treatment combinations 16 May and 60 x 45 cm was found the best for days to 50 per cent flowering and days to maturity for fresh fruit whereas 11 April and 60 x 45 cm resulted in highest number of fruits per plant, green fruit weight (g), fruit length (cm), fruit breadth (cm), fruit yield/plant (g), plant height (cm), plant spread/canopy width (cm) and number of branches per plant. In overall 11 April and 45 x 30 cm combination resulted in the highest fruit yield per plot (kg) and per hectare (q) as compared to other treatments.
Planting time, spacing, maturity, growth, fruit yield, yield attributes
